STALKING IN THE NYIKA 



of the Doenje-Erok, which rises six thousand feet above 

 the level of the sea, and which no European before me 

 has ascended and explored. 



We leave to our right below us the grass-covered hills 

 and continue on our ascent. 



Passing along one of the small valleys, the dried-out 

 beds of periodic rivers, I notice a troop of four moun- 



VULTURES 



tain reedbucks {Cervicapra chanlert). They are scarcely 

 represented in any European museum, and I consider 

 myself very fortunate in kilHng a buck and a doe, which 

 I then have carried to camp by two of my men. 



The higher we climb the richer becomes the vegetation. 



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